John can't help but laugh at that, planting his hands on his hips so he won't double over with it--but it's a very near thing.

Christ, this is great. He can't remember the last time he's laughed like this.

"Sure you're not forgetting something?" he jokes, making a show of shaking his head before he relaxes--but not without tweaking a stray wisp of River's bright red hair. "I got a leg up on tool care, probably--if the actions aren't the same, the habit and attention to detail will be. As for the rest, I'm a quick study and I like to read. If there's one thing the Green Berets prepared me for, it's earning my stripes. I'm not an easy guy to bore."